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LBGUMINOS 



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Racemes 2-flowered, very short. Calyx campanulate, toothed-wavy, about 

 'J cm. 1. Corolla 6-7 cm. 1., rusy-white or red. Pod compressed, elongate, 

 linear, with swollen margins .-lightly torulose, pendulous, to more than 

 3 dm. 1. ; seeds sepu 1 by ingrowths from the wai 



* 4. Herl) sometimes shrubby below, or shrubs, not twining 

 nor climbing, or raivlv shrubs. r even (in Brya) small 

 tre Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 1-several. or di.u'i- 

 tately 2-4-foliolate in Zoriini ; petiole not bearing a 

 tendril. Stamens 10, united into a sheath, closed or splii 

 above or both above and below, or sometimes the upper- 

 most stamen is more or less free. Pod jointed, not 

 or rarely opening along the lower margin ; joints 1-seeded, 

 usually breaking away from one another when rij 

 sometimes by abortion of the ovules 1 -jointed and 1-seeded. 



6. BRYA DC. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate (in B. Ebam*, 

 1-3 foliolate with scarcely any common petiole). Stipules (in 

 Jamaican species) subspinescent. Flowers in axillary or sub- 

 terminal cymes or clusters. Bracts and bracteoles small, 



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persistent. Calyx 5 lobed. Standard roundish. All the stamens 



Fi_. 6. /;//.( /. I if. 



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 i;, Flower with corolla removed X 3. 



C, Standard X 2. 



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\>. \\"\nx X 3. 



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I. o\my and .stylo X f>. 



